As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PARADE
Any march or procession of any kind or any similar display
in or upon any street, park or other public place in the Township.
No person shall engage in, participate in, aid, form or start
any parade unless a parade permit shall have been obtained from the
Chief of Police. This chapter shall not apply to:
B. Students going to and from school classes or participating in educational
activities under the immediate direction and supervision of the proper
school authorities.
C. Processions sponsored by a governmental agency acting within the
scope of its functions.
E. Processions arising out of labor disputes.
F. Processions sponsored by houses of religious worship.
A person seeking issuance of a parade permit shall file an application
with the Chief of Police not less than 20 days nor more than 30 days
before the date on which the parade is scheduled to be held. The application
shall set forth the following:
A. The name, address and telephone number of the person seeking to conduct
the parade.
B. If the parade is proposed to be conducted for, on behalf of or by
an organization, the name, address and telephone number of the headquarters
of the organization and of the authorized and responsible head(s)
of the organization.
C. The name, address and telephone number of the person who will be
the parade chairperson and who will be responsible for its conduct.
D. The date when the parade is to be conducted.
E. The route to be traveled, the starting point and the termination
point.
F. The approximate number of persons, animals and vehicles which will
constitute the parade, the type of animals and a description of the
vehicles.
G. The hours when the parade will start and terminate.
H. A statement as to whether the parade will occupy all or only a portion
of the width of the streets proposed to be traversed.
I. The location, by street, of any assembly areas for the parade.
J. The time at which units of the parade will begin to assemble at the
assembly area or areas.
K. The interval of space to be maintained between units of the parade.
L. If the parade is designed to be held by, on behalf of or for any
person other than the applicant, the applicant for the permit shall
file with the Chief of Police a communication, in writing, from the
person proposing to hold the parade, authorizing the applicant to
apply for the permit on his/her behalf.
M. Any additional information which the Chief of Police shall find reasonably
necessary for a fair determination as to whether a permit should be
issued.
The Chief of Police shall issue a permit, as provided for hereunder,
when, from a consideration of the application and from other information
as may otherwise be obtained, he/she finds that:
A. The conduct of the parade will not substantially interrupt the safe
and orderly movement of traffic contiguous to its route.
B. The conduct of the parade will not require the diversion of so great
a number of police officers of the Township to properly police the
line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent normal
police protection of the Township.
C. The conduct of the parade will not require the diversion of so great
a number of ambulances as to prevent normal ambulance service to portions
of the Township, other than that to be occupied by the proposed line
of march and areas contiguous thereto.
D. The concentration of persons, animals and vehicles at assembly points
of the parade will not duly interfere with proper fire and police
protection of, or ambulance service to, areas contiguous to the assembly
areas.
E. The conduct of the parade will not interfere with the movement of
fire-fighting equipment en route to a fire.
F. The parade is scheduled to move from its point of origin to its point
of termination expeditiously and without unreasonable delays en route.
G. The parade is not to be held for the sole purpose of advertising
any product, goods or event and is not designed to be held purely
for private profit.
The Chief of Police shall act upon the application for a parade
permit within 10 days after the filing thereof. If the Chief of Police
disapproves the application, he/she shall mail to the applicant, within
10 days after the date upon which the application was filed, a notice
of his/her action, stating the reasons for his/her denial of the permit.
Any person aggrieved shall have the right to appeal the denial
of a parade permit to the Mayor. The appeal shall be taken within
five days after notice. The Mayor shall act upon the appeal within
two days after its receipt.
The Chief of Police, in denying an application for a parade
permit, shall be empowered to authorize the conduct of the parade
on a date, at a time or over a route different from that named by
the applicant. An applicant desiring to accept an alternate permit
shall, within five days after notice of the action of the Chief of
Police, file a written notice of acceptance with the Chief of Police.
An alternate parade permit shall conform to the requirements of, and
shall have the effect of, a parade permit under this chapter.
Immediately upon the issuance of a parade permit, the Chief
of Police shall send a copy thereof to the Mayor, Township Attorney,
Fire Chief, postmaster and general manager or responsible head of
each transportation utility, the regular routes of whose vehicles
will be affected by the route of the proposed parade.
Each parade permit shall state the following information:
D. Maximum interval of space to be maintained between the units of the
parade.
E. The portions of the streets to be traversed that may be occupied
by the parade.
F. Maximum length of the parade in miles or fractions thereof.
G. Any other information which the Chief of Police shall find necessary
to the enforcement of this chapter.
The parade chairperson or other person heading or leading such
activity shall carry the parade permit upon his/her person during
the conduct of the parade.
The Chief of Police shall have the authority to revoke a parade
permit issued hereunder upon application of the standards for issuance
as herein set forth.
Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Article
III.